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Paul and Silas Imprisoned

Acts 16:20

In 9 translations

BSB
They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
KJV
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
WEB
When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city
ASV
and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
LSV
and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men being Jews exceedingly trouble our city;
YLT
and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, 'These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;
DBY
and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,
DRC
And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews;
GNV
And brought them to the gouernours, saying, These men which are Iewes, trouble our citie,

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  • Spelling of εἶπαν: Textus Receptus: εἶπον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ προσαγαγόντες αὐτοὺς τοῖς στρατηγοῖς εἶπαν· Οὗτοι οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐκταράσσουσιν ἡμῶν τὴν πόλιν Ἰουδαῖοι ὑπάρχοντες,
RP2018
καὶ προσαγαγόντες αὐτοὺς τοῖς στρατηγοῖς εἶπον, Οὗτοι οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐκταράσσουσιν ἡμῶν τὴν πόλιν, Ἰουδαῖοι ὑπάρχοντες,
TR-Boyd
καὶ προσαγαγόντες αὐτοὺς τοῖς στρατηγοῖς εἶπον, Οὗτοι οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐκταράσσουσιν ἡμῶν τὴν πόλιν, Ἰουδαῖοι ὑπάρχοντες,
SCR1894
και προσαγαγοντες αυτους τοις στρατηγοις ειπον ουτοι οι ανθρωποι εκταρασσουσιν ημων την πολιν ιουδαιοι υπαρχοντες

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  • James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
  • John 15:18–20If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.…
  • Acts 28:22But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
  • Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
  • Acts 19:34But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
  • Acts 18:2There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
  • Ezra 4:12–15Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem. And they are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city, restoring its walls, and repairing its foundations. Let it now be…
  • Esther 3:8–9Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s…
  • 1 Kings 18:17–18When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?” “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and…
  • Matthew 2:3When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
  • Acts 17:6–8But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here, and Jason has welcomed them into…

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